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Wild Resolutions Courses

Adult Education also supported a repeat of our “Wild Resolutions” courses as part of the Family Learning Festival for 2008. These courses of three sessions of two hours aim to explore ways of living in a more sustainable way, and provide families with ideas on what they can do themselves, even on a tight budget. Subjects included wildlife gardening, composting and recycling – and by the end of the courses participants showed positive changes in their attitudes and behaviour. This year the courses took place at Cashes Green Primary School and Parliament Children’s Centre and have offered a good means of recruitment for FLLN courses planned for the coming year.

Our Volunteers Say

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I've found the projects inspiring and I've developed skills I didn't know I had, to the extent that I am now able to find employment in new fields.

I will always be grateful to the staff and volunteers at Stroud Valleys Project for their encouragement and warm support.

Being involved with Stroud Valleys Project has been a great experience. I've enjoyed and learnt so much through various courses and volunteer projects I've worked on.

Thank you all at SVP for the help and support you have given me in the last couple of years, which has helped me to get my foot back on the ladder in the world of work.

I loved the course (Veg Growing), it was the highlight of my week

“Often I feel so bad I don’t want to do anything but after coming here, working with my group in the sunshine, I always feel more cheerful. They are my friends now.”

“Volunteering with SVP is the best thing that happened to me in my life.”

“I never thought I would get into gardening and growing stuff, but through all my work with SVP I have learnt to really appreciate nature.”

“We get lots of work done – and we have a laugh!”

“Our group is like pieces from a jigsaw puzzle. Everybody mucks in and does what they can, and the job gets finished in no time.”

“When somebody has a bad day, the others in the team make them feel better.”